RE: iwi(4) not working

From: Darren Pilgrim (dmp_at_bitfreak.org)
Date: 05/21/05

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    To: "'Jeremie Le Hen'" <jeremie@le-hen.org>, <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 20:36:41 -0700

    > From: Jeremie Le Hen
    > jarjarbinks:sys# ifconfig iwi0
    > iwi0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    > ether 00:12:f0:2c:f3:6e
    > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
    > status: no carrier
    > ssid cyb
    > authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 100
    > %%%
    >
    > I friend with an iBook can easily connect to this access-point. I don't
    > understand why I can't get the associated status.
    > Note that the shown MAC address is the correct one, thus the
    > card seems to receive some beacon frames, it's not a ``link'' error.

    The NIC doesn't have to be associated to get the beacon frames. As Mike
    said, iwi is still deep in beta territory. A common workaround to get the
    NIC to associate is to drop it out of autoselect using the "mode N" argument
    to ifconfig. Replace "N" with "11a", "11b" or "11g", depending on which
    flavor of wireless you're using. BTW, WPA is broken.

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